Clinicians

Assessing the quality of medical care and identifying opportunities for improvement of care is an important responsibility of medical professionals, as well as all health care facilities. Though children account for 20% of emergency care …

Resources in this section come from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The IHI's goal is to build practical improvement capability based on the science of improvement into every organization, health care executive, and professional, …

In August 2019, the NEMSQA Measure Development Committee and Board of Trustees approved eleven measures, including three pediatric-specific measures. These measures were reviewed and re-specified from their original release in the EMS Compass program. Using …

The purpose of this community of practice (COP) is to support State Partnership teams increase and support their state/territory PECC networks. Goals: Due to the August 9, 2022 release of the EMSC State Partnership Notice …

Carolina Roberts-Santana provides an overview of Rhode Island’s experience with the 2018-2019 PECC Learning Collaborative and progress made since the end of the Collaborative, to include evaluation of Collaborative work, PECC certification & inclusion in …

Purpose: to form a cohort of EMSC State Partnership Grant recipients to participate in a learning collaborative to demonstrate effective, replicable strategies which will increase the number of local EMS agencies with a pediatric emergency …

In 2020, the EIIC partnered with the Eastern Great Lakes Pediatric Consortium for Disaster Response to conduct a free Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Quality Collaborative. The mission of the collaborative was to enhance the ability of …

Aim Statement By April 2020, teams will collectively improve their pediatric readiness scores by 10 points. Under the leadership of the EMS for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) supported by the Health Resources …

The EIIC is focused on improving outcomes for children in emergency situations by using improvement science as the basis for our efforts to address known gaps in the US healthcare system. Our aim is to …

From New York State Emergency Medical Services Council & New York State Department of Health, Bureau of EMS (Version 1, March 2007) Workbook and Guidance Document for Service Level and Regional Level Quality Improvement Activities. …

This section includes various resources for both EMSC State Partnership Program Managers (to help with recruitment of PECCs) and Prehospital PECCs (to assist in support of your EMS agency(ies). Click here if you are an …

The next Telehealth Collaborative Community of Practice is on January 25th at 3:00 CT and is open to everyone! Save the date on your calendar and click here to join us! The EMS for Children …

An individual(s) who is responsible for coordinating pediatric specific activities. A designated individual(s) who coordinates pediatric emergency care need not be dedicated solely to this role; it can be an individual(s) already in place who …